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Which sea animal is longer a shark or a whale?

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To answer your question, you would have to provide the species of shark and whale. For example, a sand tiger shark - one of the more common breeds seen closer to land - can grow up to about 10½ feet (a little over 3 meters), whereas one of the longest bottlenose dolphins grew to be about 13 feet in length.

Sharks vary greatly in size, such as the dwarf shark, which can fit in the palm of a human hand, to the great white shark (one of the most famous shark species), which grows to about 20 feet (about 6 meters), to the whale shark, which can grow to about 41½ feet (about 12½ meters). Whales don't generally get much smaller than dolphins, and range all the way up to the blue whale. The blue whale is the largest animal ever to have existed on the planet earth (that we know of to date), and have been recorded at lengths of up to 108 feet (a little under 33 meters).

So, if your question is just about which animal as an entire family is bigger/longer, the answer would be whales, due to the blue whale far outstripping the whale shark; however, if your question pertains to a specific breed of shark versus a specific breed of whale, more information is required to answer your question accurately. I hope that this has been helpful!

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